I received a email from one of the 6 Chapters I belong to, stating what a good thing it was for us to get 2 extra Magazines per year for only $10 dollars a year more.
I state my position that a properly run Magazine with a captured 11,000 subscribers (Members), A very long list of vendors that run ads at premium prices per spot, is using this as a profit center for the National Board. This magazine is of high quality and has improved through all the years I have received over the years and is profitable.
We are no longer a Not For Profit in the eyes of the IRS because we take ads from non members, we make too much money, and after a 60 year history of cyclic bad financial decisions the National Board has just decided to make it harder to recruit younger or elderly members, by increasing from the captive members an increased toll.
Not everyone thought that a little increase in the British Tea tax would start a revolution and the overthrow of a government, But enough of the plain folks did just that. Remember it is the last straw that broke the camels back not the weight of a single straw.
If this National Board was the least interested in recruiting and keeping members, Why not keep the price of Membership as it was and just be happy with the money the magazine makes from those Advertisers willing to foot the expense of printing. Try being membership director and see how much push back I get from people that are not interested in the only benefit I can even say they get from being a National member and not just a chapter member. Shelby Withrow Membership / Events Director Cherokee Chapter www.cherokeeamca.org
I state my position that a properly run Magazine with a captured 11,000 subscribers (Members), A very long list of vendors that run ads at premium prices per spot, is using this as a profit center for the National Board. This magazine is of high quality and has improved through all the years I have received over the years and is profitable.
We are no longer a Not For Profit in the eyes of the IRS because we take ads from non members, we make too much money, and after a 60 year history of cyclic bad financial decisions the National Board has just decided to make it harder to recruit younger or elderly members, by increasing from the captive members an increased toll.
Not everyone thought that a little increase in the British Tea tax would start a revolution and the overthrow of a government, But enough of the plain folks did just that. Remember it is the last straw that broke the camels back not the weight of a single straw.
If this National Board was the least interested in recruiting and keeping members, Why not keep the price of Membership as it was and just be happy with the money the magazine makes from those Advertisers willing to foot the expense of printing. Try being membership director and see how much push back I get from people that are not interested in the only benefit I can even say they get from being a National member and not just a chapter member. Shelby Withrow Membership / Events Director Cherokee Chapter www.cherokeeamca.org
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